What do a computer scientist, a playwright, and a biologist have in common? Collective intelligence, as Radhika Nagpal RI '13 discovered during her fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute. She worked with experimental biologists to develop a better understanding of collective intelligence in social insects through the application of computer science. The professor of computer science at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a faculty member of the Harvard Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering also found a surprising commonality with a playwright and other Radcliffe fellows.

Left-Europe-democratic radicality: this dispositive is becoming increasingly important for defining the defense of working-class interests and for emancipation of the population from poverty. There is a long and dirty tradition of left-sovereigntists that must be ended, just as we must defeat the populist experiences that use national sentiments and transform them into fascist (nationalist, identitarian, isolationist) impulses. Only a europeanist left, deeply transformed by the democratic radicality of the emergent movements against austerity, can construct a democratic Europe.

Systems change focuses on the root causes – rather than the symptoms – of social and economic problems. At LankellyChase Foundation it is at the heart of its work, explains programme director Alice Evans. ‘When the funding ends, the projects ends.

OUR BANKER WHO ART IN CYBERSPACE SATOSHI BE THY NAME THY BITCOIN COME DOLLAR BILLS BE GONE IN OUR POCKETS, AS IT IS ONLINE GIVE US THIS DAY OUR CONFIRMED TRANSACTIONS AND FORGIVE US OUR DOUBLE SPENDING AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN TRENDON SHAVERS AND...

Left-Europe-democratic radicality: this dispositive is becoming increasingly important for defining the defense of working-class interests and for emancipation of the population from poverty. There is a long and dirty tradition of left-sovereigntists that must be ended, just as we must defeat the populist experiences that use national sentiments and transform them into fascist (nationalist, identitarian, isolationist) impulses. Only a europeanist left, deeply transformed by the democratic radicality of the emergent movements against austerity, can construct a democratic Europe.

If it feels like we’re in the midst of robot renaissance right now, perhaps it’s because we are. There is a new crop of robots under development that we’ll soon be able to buy and install in our factories or interact with in our homes.

Managing a short-term rental, even on services such as Airbnb, VRBO and Homeaway, isn't effortless. It takes an average of 8.4 hours per week according to one study.Now there are companies that want to take that work off your hands, for a price.

BARCELONA — Mark Zuckerberg told a packed house on Monday at Mobile World Congress that Facebook is still building drones, lasers and satellites as a part of an initiative to get more of the world's population online Last year, the Facebook CEO...

The traditional state-owned model of public services is coming to an end. The search for a new model benefits from reflection on the historical background, and an understanding of the broader context of concepts of public service. Modern mutuals seek both to provide a new basis for public ownership and an organisational model which underpins a redesigned service delivery model aimed at securing today’s desired outcomes.

Following its election in January on a pledge to confront the austerity program that’s decimated Greece’s economy, the Syriza government has faced a major pushback from international creditors led by Germany.

On Sunday, ISIS supporters posted violent threats against Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and other employees of the service.BuzzFeed published excerpted translations of the threats: You started this failed war.

Skyline construction in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings) Bill Freund, an academic and author of The African City, isn't naive. He knows there's pessimism about his area of expertise.

Flickr/Brad Hammonds Another Uber driver arrested for sexual assault. That was one of the headlines when a Boston woman reported her driver "indecently touched her several times" last month, according to the Boston Police Department.

After Vera Bradova’s obviously very provocative essay; “Utopians are ruining everything“, which spurred an intense discussion both at P2P-Foundation and at the original essay, John Wheeler toward the end made an interesting comment: Sorry I took...

Dear friends, in anticipation of its publication on March 4, here is the new cover of our mass audience book on the P2P revolution: (see french summary below the cover) Présentation de l’éditeur “Pour la plupart des gens, le peer-to-peer évoque des...

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